Want to know what gets us excited around here? Well, besides the new site launch, these previews from Yahoo! Video favorites Alrugo Film for their upcoming Italian Spiderman web series. Oh yes, all the grindhouse-glory of the original Italian Spiderman trailer, in a series! I can’t wait.

Check it out:

-Kent, Yahoo! Video Team

A lot of people are wondering what happened to their favorite video channels. Don’t worry, they haven’t gone away, we’ve just changed the name to Favorite Videos. You can find this either from your profile, or in the My Video drop-down (simply select Favorite Videos). So the name has changed, but your videos have been saved.

If you’re wondering what happened to any channels you’ve subscribed to, those have become Favorite Playlists. This is a very cool new feature. Our Playlists allow you to watch videos from your favorite creators inside a single, browseable player. Take a look at this one for animator ivanisavich:

Yup, that means you can also embed the playlists of your favorite creators in your own blog or webpage. Not only that, but you can create your own embeddable playlists by using the Add to Favorites function found under each individual video player.

It’ll take some time to get used to our new features, but I’m pretty sure you’ll love them.

-Kent, Yahoo! Video Team

Hey Yahoo! Video viewers and creators (and those that do both),

Notice anything different about Yahoo! Video? As you can tell we’ve really changed things around here and I’m really excited about it. I love online video, and our new site makes everything about viewing, uploading, organizing, and presenting online video better. Yahoo! Video is now your one-stop shop for all video on Yahoo!, including music, movies, TV, news, sports and a whole lot more.

• A wider viewing experience: Yahoo! Video supports a 16:9 cinematastic player that’s far ahead of what most sites are offering. And the video looks great.

• More content: Yahoo! Video is now about the whole spectrum of video found throughout Yahoo!, including music, movies, TV, news, sports, and a whole lot more. And we’re still committed to featuring the best videos from our talented community of independent video creators.

• Bigger files: Speaking of our creators, we’ve raise the max file size to 150 megabytes, so you can upload longer, higher quality video.

• An expanded browsing experience: Discover more video through networks, playlists, and related videos.

• More sharing: Not only can you embed individual videos on your blog or site, you can create your own curated video experience with embeddable playlists. This is seriously cool. Take a look at this example.

• More in-depth profiles: Your profile page now says a lot more about you. Pick your own nickname, fill the page with your favorite playlists and videos, add contacts and fans, and read and write comments.

And let’s be honest, there are a few things from the old Yahoo! Video you won’t miss:

• Comment titles: You no longer have to title your comments and you can reply to other people’s comments. You can also delete comments you’ve made, as well as unwanted comments on videos you’ve uploaded.

• Blank video players: Our embeddable player now carries the keyframe of your video, and it has a full-featured related-videos carousel. With our 16:9 aspect-ratio, I think it’s probably the best embeddable player out there.

Stay tuned for more cool features. In the meantime, start exploring. You might start by checking out our featured videos, exploring our networks, or by updating your profile.

Have fun out there!

-Kent, Yahoo! Video Team

Hey Everybody,

Even though I’ve never been particularly crazy about Valentine’s Day, this adorable video promo for DIY-marketplace Etsy, is completely heart warming:

Love Saves the Day

And if that doesn’t bring a slight glow to your heart, I offer up this classic, last year’s Boy Meets Girl:

-Kent, Yahoo! Video Team

One of my favorite stories as a kid was ‘Peter and the Wolf.’ I had one of those tape-and-book sets of Prokofiev’s masterpiece that I would listen to, and read, over and over again. Twenty-plus years later, I’m pretty excited to catch these sneak-preview/making-of videos for a stop-motion version of the story set to premiere in March, on PBS. It looks marvelous:

Peter:

The Wolf:

Post Production:

-Kent, Yahoo! Video Team

It’s Super Sunday here at Yahoo! Video, and we’re sitting in the famous Yahoo! Brickhouse watching the game. Actually, mostly we’re watching the ads, keeping track of the ones we want to feature tomorrow.

2:53 - Colin, our director of Content and Programming brings beer.

2:58 - We can’t get the direct TV hooked up to the fancy Plasma.

3:01 - Pregame nonsense starts.

3:23 - Del’s ad for pretty new PC is, well, pretty.

3:35 - Bud Light’s Firebreathing ad, the first good ad of the ‘Bowl:

3:36 - Audi’s ‘Godfather’ ad gets a full round of applause:

3:45 - The Pepsi ‘Nod’ ad:

3:46 - Sales Genie ad is the first animated ad of the game:

3:48 Bud Light’s cheese ad:

3:49 - Under Armor shoe ad is special-effects-tastic:

3:58 - Bridgestone ad is my most favorite ad so far:

3:59 - A completely unmemorable singer-songwriter wants you to go to iTunes and buy her song.

4:01 - I remember there’s actually a game going on. Touchdown. Don’t remember who made it.

4:02 - ‘Wanted’ movie ad.

4:03 -

4:04 - Go Daddy wants you to go watch their ad online, that’s the only way you’ll see it:

4:04 - Dell ad:

4:05 - The Fed Ex pigeon ad rules!

4:06 - Cars.com is pretty hilarious:

4:06 - Tide’s talking stain ad is a little creepy. In a good way:

4:13 - Budweiser’s Dalmatian ad:

4:14 - Iron Man

4:18 - Toyota Corolla: don’t wake the weasels badgers:

4:19 - Leatherheads trailer

4:19 - Garmin Napolean ad

4:23 - Careerbuilder.com ad is pretty great:

4:24 - Lifewater ad is a real ‘thriller.’

4:25 Drug Dealer PSA wants to warn you about prescription meds:

4:28 GMC’s Yukon ad feels like a non-sequitur, but a very nice-looking one:

4:29 - Bud’s Mencia ad:

4:38 - ‘Prince Caspain’ Trailer

4:38 - Planters ad gets rave reviews around the office:

4:39 - T-mobile’s Dwayne Waide ad is a study in technology-enabled obsession:

4:40 - Timberlake stars in a a pretty great Pepsi commercial:

4:42 - Last year’s Durrito’s AD still rocks:

4:54 - Lexus shows off some mad skidding skills that Lexus drivers will never pull off.

4:56 - Comcast reruns an ad.

4:57 - Metro PCS ad.

5:02 - NFL Network is too good for an ad:

5:04 - It’s not that we don’t like Tom Petty, we just wonder: why him?

5:23 - Will Farrell is back in another film capitalizing on his hair.

5:24 - Claritin—what?

5:31 - Cars.com scores another one, this time with that guy from ‘Bones:’

5:32 - Sales.com ad—we wonder about this one:

5:32 - Vitamin water ad features Shaq:

5:34 - Bud Caveman ad after only 2 minutes of game time:

5:35 - Carmen Electra sells gum:

5:35 - A star-studded Bridgestone ad.

5:36 - Another creepy-awesome Career Builder ad.

5:44 - Hyundai apes Lexus.

5:44 - WallE trailer is totally delightful.

5:52 - Jumper trailer

5:52 - Creepy baby e*trade ad will be huge:

5:53 - Bud Light flight ad:

6:01 - NFL’s Chester Pitts ad is great

6:02 - Toyota tundra tattoo ad

6:03 - Jack in the Box

6:04 - Sunsilk Hair Icons ad

6:05 - Great Coke Ad!

6:12 - Coke paints a portrait of strange political bedfellows:

6:13 - Toyota Sequoia does a downhill race with big wheels

6:21 - The scary e*trade baby is back

6:21 - Taco Bell

6:22 - Adorable Gatorade ad!

6:26 - Will Ferrel Bud:

6:27 - Hyundai. Yawn.

6:44 - Victoria’s Secret ad is big, in its way

6:45 - AMP ad is still hotter

7:04 - Game Over!